Hearing from Zahir the facts about the Ironstones opened Kaizen's eyes to what he should really do.
Obviously, if he had decided to work for Zahir, he would probably make money a little faster, except that even a person obsessed with money, like Kaizen, knew it was wrong to skip too many steps. A path must be built, even if it is tortuous, but there must be a path. So if he thought the righteous thing to do was to set up his own forge and blacksmith store to honor the master blacksmith who taught her techniques to him, Kaizen would do this.
However, for now, this was only the main goal for his financial life. At the moment, he had other things to focus on, like going to the Royal Capital.
Before leaving for the nearest map store, Kaizen showed another item to Zahir, a component he gained when he killed the Centaur Druid and the Guardian's Elm and Chiron the Beast Mount.